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What if our future lies 40,000 years in our past? Subject Twenty-One is an astonishing debut novel in which a young woman''s refusal to accept the status quo opens her eyes to the lies her society is built on.
A stonking good sci-fi & coming-of-age story all wrapped into one . . . a book that tackles humanity, hardship, and classism at the deepest level.'' - Magic Radio Book Club
Elise''s world is forever changed when she is given the opportunity of a lifetime - to work at the Museum of Evolution and be a Companion to the Neanderthal, Subject Twenty-One.
As a Sapien, a member of the lowest order of humans, she and others like her are held responsible for the damages inflicted on the world by previous generations. This job may be Elise''s only chance to escape a stagnating life in an ostracised and impoverished community.
But it doesn''t take long for Elise to realise that, away from the f
